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HMP High Down and HMP/YOI Downview: Crimes of Violence

Asked by Rebecca PaulConservativeMinistry of JusticeTabled Answered 8 July 2025UIN 63903

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many assaults on staff by prisoners have taken place at (a) HMP Downview and (b) HMP High Down in Banstead in the last 12 months.

Answered by Sir Nicholas Dakin

The latest data on assaults on staff, broken down by prison, covers the year up to December 2024. It is published in table 8e of the Safety in Custody summary tables to December 2024, available at https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/safety-in-custody-quarterly-update-to-december-2024.

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